28 REPORT — 1842. 



23rd of October, 1774. Its general appearance is very similar to the Gobiesox 

 marmoratus of Chiloe, figured in the 'Zoology of the Beagle ' by Mr. Jenyns, 

 but it has a square pectoral disk with niammillated edges behind the trian- 

 gular one of Gobiesox. The L. pinnulatus haunts stony beaches at the mouths 

 of rivulets, and is named by the New Zealanders " moyeadoo." 



75. Gobiesox littoreus (Cuv. Reg. An. ii. p. 345). (Cyclojiterus littoreus, 



J. R. Forster, MS. II. 27, apud Bl. Schn. p. 199.) 

 An inhabitant of stony beaches. 



At least two species of Echcneis exist in the Australian seas, and it is pro- 

 bable that the islands of New Zealand are within their range. 



Anguilliformes. 



76. Anguilla australis ( Rich. Zool. p. 22.). (Anguilla australis, Jenyns, 



Zool. Beagle, p. 162.) 

 This Eel was sent to me from Port Arthur, Van Diemen's Land, by Deputy 

 Assistant Commissary General Lempriere, and fully described in a paper read 

 before the Zoological Society on the 9th of March, 1841. Mr. Darwin had 

 previously found it in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand, and it has recently 

 been described by Mr. Jenyns in the ' Zoology of the Beagle.' 



77. Anguilla dieffenbachii (Gray, Zool. Misc.). 



Discovered in New Zealand by the gentleman whose name it has received. 



78. Ophidium blacodes (Forster). ( Ophidium blacodes, G. Forster, ii. t. 



174 ; Bl. Schneider, p. 285 ; Cuv. Reg. An. ii. p. 359.) 



This fish is named "ekokh" by the inhabitants of New Zealand. Schneider, 

 who describes it without making the usual reference to Forster's notes, in- 

 forms us that it is voracious, torpid and sluggish, and lurks in stony places at 

 the bottom of the sea, whence it may be easily extracted by an eel-spear. It 

 is much prized by the natives as an article of food. 



Anguilla australis (Zool. Proc), Gymnothorax icilsoni (Schn.), Gymn. 

 scriptus (Schneider), and Machazrium subducens (Rich.), inhabit the waters 

 of Australia. 



LOPHOBRANCHI. 



79. Hippocampus abdominalis (Lesson, Mem. de la Soc. Nat. IV. p. 411 ; 



Voy. du Duperrey, Zool. p. 125). 

 This species inhabits the creeks of the Bay of Islands, and is named "kiore " 

 by the natives. We have received it also from Van Diemen's Land along with 

 several other species. The Hippocampus foliaceus seems to range over the 

 entire circuit of the coasts of New Holland. 



Plectognathi. 



The Australian seas are very rich in fish belonging to this order, and doubt- 

 less many of the same species frequent the coasts of New Zealand, though 

 only a few have hitherto been brought from thence. The Diodon nycthemerus 

 is abundant at Van Diemen's Land. 



80. Tetraodon hamiltoni (Nob.). 



This species was brought from New Zealand by J. M. Hamilton, Esq., As- 

 sistant Surgeon in the Royal Navy, and the specimen is now in the Museum 

 of Haslar Hospital. It resembles the Tetraodon jiuviatilis of Hamilton (Fishes 

 of the Ganges, t. 30. f. 1). Van Diemen's Land produces another species of 

 the same group, which is said to have poisoned several of the settlers. 



